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The big day is nearly here folks! Our general release day on 1 September 2016 will allow parents and schools to communicate easier, quicker and more securely. Parents will be able to log in to our site and view all 3288 public and private schools, and filter them more efficiently and along more parameters than[…]

Cllr. Frank Durkin has made 19 objections to the placing of the new Educate Together school in Marsh House in Castlebar. Durkin, who views Educate Together as an ‘elitist’ group, feels that all children should be educated together regardless of whether the school’s ethos is desirable to the parents, and that minorities shouldn’t be catered[…]

A UK firm, Inspired Spaces, has won a contract to build 5 primary schools around Ireland, and will invest €10.4 million of equity in the venture through funding from the Japanese Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. http://bit.ly/2bbTfbK

The Department of Education has released figures showing that 80% of teachers retire before their 65th birthday. Teachers are allowed to voluntarily retire after the age of 55 if they have accumulated 35 year’s service. If they don’t have the required number of year’s service, they must retire at the end of the school year,[…]

The Minister for Education, Richard Brouton, has instructed managerial bodies of schools to hire unemployed teachers rather than retired teachers. The minister cannot force schools to do so as the hiring of teachers is the school’s responsibility. However, the Department has introduced rules that mean retired teachers returning to work will be paid on a[…]

So I finally got my photos back from the Local Enterprise Office’s photographer for the Ploughing Championships. As you can see smiling on cue is not my forte! Which one is the best do you think? And don’t forget, if you would like to support my campaign, it would really be appreciated!!

The Department of Education has had its request for planning permission for a new school in Donegal approved. A new Educate Together school will be built on a site once housed by the old Unifi factory in the Kiltoy area of town. The multi-million euro building will consist of 24 classrooms, 50 car parking spaces, and[…]

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